Fabric for mats, &amp;c.



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To aZZ 1li/1.0m t may concern Be it known that I, CnAuLnsO. RYBERG, a citizen of the United States,`and resident of Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of BIassachusetts, have inyented certain new and useful Improvements in Fabric for liats, 8:0., of which the following is a specification.

lvl'y invention has for its object to enable relatively small waste pieces of sole leather, or other like material, which constitutes waste residue left after cutting out the material into larger parts or pieces, to be utilized as the body of a fabric which may be flat and suitable :tor use as a loormat, or tubular and suitable for use as the body of a basket.

The invention further has for its object not only to utilize material such as that above mentioned, but also to enable it to be incorporated into a fabric at the minimum cost of time and labor.

The invention consists in the improve ments which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Uf the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 ,represents a side or top view of a flat fabric or mat embodying my invention; Figs. 2 and 3 represent respectively end and edge views of the same; Fig. d represents a section on line #4 of Fig. 1; F igs. 5 and 6 represent side views respectively of one of the body blocks' and one of the llingi' blocks hereinafter referred to; Figs. 7 and 8 represent side views of two of the .bridging ties; Fig. 9 repres'ents a side View of one of the coupling ties;

Fig. 10 represents a view illustrative of the method of making' the flat f abric shown by the preceding figures; and Fig'. 11 represents an end View of a tubular fabric embodying.

v the invention.

The same reference characters indicate the Same or similar parts in all the views.

'- In making' the fabric of my invention, I proceed as follows: The leadingends of a series of Wires or wire rods 12 of indeterminate length are assembled side by side and parallel with each other, said` rods being suitably -spaced apart, as shown by Fig. 10. Said leading ends are adapted to be moved orward from time to time as the building l up ofthe fabric progresses, the reserve Wire from which the supply .is drawn being pref. erably disposed in coilsl 12 mounted at a `Specification of Letters Patent.

suitable distance froml 'the point ,the

Patented Nov. 16,191.5. Application filed March 23, 1915. Serial No. 16,459. i y i i l The extremities or' the wire rien.

CHARLES 0. RYBERG, BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

coupling ties 1G. The bodyblocks 14are c ut from waste pieces of sole leather, or other like material. and each block has opensl-ots 17 formed in its opposite ends, said slots extending lengthwise of the blocks, as indicated by Fig. 5. The rst blocks supplied are inserted between the side members of the frames and bear on the connected end portions of the rods 12. next apply "another series of blocks in staggered relation to the blocks vfirst applied, the last-men-` tioned blocks occupyingthe spaces between contiguous frames and being in staggered relation to the blocks first applied. I proceed in this order until a fabric of the desired width has been built up, and then sever the rods 1,2 at a suitable point between their outer ends and the source of supply, leaving ,portions of the rods edge of the fabric, and bending' said portions inwardly and uniting them at 13a to com-v plete the frames 1, 2, 3, et, 5. The length of the blocks 14 and the distance between the inner ends of their slots. 17 is such that said inner ends abut aga-inst the wire rods 12, the open slots enabling thel blocks to be assembled on the rods, while the latter are con nected with the source of supply, or in other words, are of indeterminate length, the blocks being engageable with therods either by inserting' them in inclined positions be-; 'tween adjacent rods and then moving them to horizontal positions, or by deflecting the wires or increasing' the distance between them at suitable points between'tiie. connected leadingr ends of the wi-res and the. source of supply to enable' the blocks to be inserted horizontally between the `deflected portions of the wires and then' moved to place in the fabric without being inclined., It will be seen that the described relative arrangement of the blocks is such that each frame confines a series or row of blocks projecting from one Vns whichy are spaced apart and alternate with other rows of -blocks-which occupy the spaces between contiguous frames.

During the above described op'ration I apply at suitable points bridgingv ties 15 which connect the `longitudinal members 4of each frame and preventl the framey from spreading, and coupling ties 1,6A of the same construction which "connect the adj ace t members of contiguous frames, and hold tile frames at the predetermined distance lfrorn each other. Each of said ties is composedof a length of wire of smaller gage ,than the wires 12, so that'the ties are adapted to be interposed between adjacent blocks without causing a noticeable separation of said blocks. shown by Figs. 7, 8 and 9, the bends of the hooks bearing on the wire rods 12. The tie's are adapted to be assembled on rods 12 of intermediate lengt their hooks being formed by bending the wire after it has been located on the rods 12. The Wire of the ties may originallyhave its end portions at right angles with its body portion, as indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 7 and 8. It will be understood that each tie is incorporated in the fabric by being placed against the exposed sides of the blocks v14 during the operation of assembling -the blocks, each tie after being located being covered by blocks next applied.

The construction thus be endless or tubular, as a tubular structure thus suitable for various purposes, such as th'e bodies of waste baskets. "When a tubular structure is produced, the wires 12 and the coils from which they are drawn will pref erably bearranged in a circular s'eries, the operation of building up the fabric being as above described.

lVhen the invention is embodied in a flat fabric complete the ends of the fabric in the manner next described. The outer ends of the blocks 14,

end frames 1 and are separated from each other by spaces. I fill these spaces and make the ends of the fabric practically continuous by inserting relatively short filling blocks 111 between the outer ends of the elongated blocks lll confined by the end frames` said filling blocks being of the same material as shown by Fig. 11,

the blocks 14. and provuled at their inner ends with slots 17a eorresl'ionding in form to the slots 1T 1n the blocks 11, and receiving the outer members of the end trames. In the outer ends of the filling blocks 14 are relatively sl'iallow slots or grooves 20, which are in alinement with the .slots 17 in the outer ends of the blocks 1l. Along each end of the fabric is extended a binding wire rod 21 which is of the same sii/,e as the rods 12 andrmay be drawn from ul coil 12, as indicated by-Fig.

Each tie is bent to form hooks, as`

far described may' far described being which are confined by the` l10. The leading end 21a of the binding wire 21 is bent inwardly against an edge of the fabric, as indicated by Figs. 1 and 2. The binding wire occupies the coinciding grooves 20 and slots 17 of the blocks 14 and 14a, and is confined by bridging ties 15, which have the same construction bridging ties 15 but are made longer than the latter, as shown by comparison of Figs. 7 and 8. The bridging ties 15a .are long enough to bridge the space between the binding wire 21 and the inner lorlgitudinal member of the end frame. Then'tie's 152L therefore act through the spacing blocks 14?L on the outer longitudinal members of thev end frames to prevent the spreading of said frames.

For convenience of description and identil `fication, I apply the term edges and left vertical margins of said structure.l

It is obvious that the number of the closed wire frames is not limited to the number here shown.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A fabric composed of spaced-apart wire rods, body blocks having open longitudinally extending slots in their end portions, whereby the blocks may be assembled on rods of indeterminate length, the rods ex tending through the slots and being united in pairs at opposite edges ofthe fabric ,to form a series of independent closed frames confining rows of spaced-apart blocks, the adjacent members of contiguous frames confining other rows of spaced-apart blocks the ends of which alternate with the ends of the blocks confined by the frames, hooked wire bridging ties connecting the members of each frame and preventing the spreading of the frames, and hooked wire coupling ties coupling together the adjacent members of contiguous frames, said bridging and coupling ties being composed of flexible wire adapted to be bent during the, assembling operation to form rod-engaging hooks, so that the ties may be assembled on rods of indeterminate length.

2. A fabric composed of spaced-apart and function as thethe rods extending .through the slots and bej ing united in pairs at opposite edges of-the fabric to form a series of independent closed frames confining rows of spaced-apart blocks, the adjacent members of contiguous frames confining other rows ofspaced-apart blocks the ends of which alternate with the ends of the blocks confined by the frames.

relatively short filling blocks occupying tie spaces between the outer ends of the elongated blocks confined by the end frames and slotted at their inner and outer ends, Wire binding rods extending along the ends of the fabric and extending through the slots in the outer ends of the said elongated and filling blocks, said binding rods being secured at opposite edges of. the` fabric, the filling blocks being adapted to be assembled on frame rods and binding rods of indeterminate length, hooked Wire bridging ties connecting the members of each frame, the

u bridging ties at opposite ends of the fabric being elongated and engaged with the binding wires and the end frames, and not only preventing outward deflectionv of the binding Wires, but also acting through the filling blocks'to pre- With the inner members of vent the spreading of the end frames, and 'hooked Wire coupling ties coupling together the adjacent members of contiguous frames, said bridging and coupling ties being composed of flexible Wire adapted to be bent CHARLES O. RYBERG.

Witnesses:-

RUTH H. N ELsoN, JOHN ANDERSON. 

